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Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Enki Bilal join Cannes jury

US actress Elle Fanning and Serb-born French comic book writer Enki Bilal will join the jury for this year's Cannes festival alongside Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and French counterpart Robin Campillo.

  (Agence France-Presse)
Wed, May 1, 2019

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Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Enki Bilal join Cannes jury US actress Elle Fanning arrives for the Los Angeles special screening of 'Teen Spirit' at the Arclight on April 2, 2019 in Hollywood. (AFP/Chris Delmas)

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S actress Elle Fanning and Serb-born French comic book writer Enki Bilal will join the jury for this year's Cannes festival alongside Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and French counterpart Robin Campillo, organizers said Monday.

The panel will be made up of four men and four women under its president, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who was named in February.

The rest of the jury comprises Burkina Faso's Maimouna N'Diay, American Kelly Reichardt, Italy's Alice Rohrwacher and Poland's Pawel Pawlikowski.

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They will hand down the prizes at the 72nd edition of the festival which begins on May 14 and ends on May 25.

Australia's Cate Blanchett presided last year's jury which awarded the Palme d'or accolade to Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Shoplifters.

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